iPad Anyone get the new M5 iPad Pro yet?

[Neo11111]

I am excited for all of you, but incredibly disappointed for me. UPS never delivered it to me and they are sending it back to Apple.

Day 1: UPS never came even though they said they did.

Day 2: tried to release liability by attempting to sign for the package online, but UPS didn’t allow it. They left a yellow slip on my door.

Day 3: signed paperslip from day before, but they didn’t accept that either. I waited 45 minutes on the phone to talk to UPS and got disconnected when they answered.

Package is being returned to Apple and I am pissed. Never had this happen before. And I live in a gated community with cameras everywhere. Have had very expensive items delivered to the porch and have never had an issue.

I’m feel sorry for you … Yesterday I sent Back my iPad it worked 30min and died with blackscreen and no response. It was plugged to charger but it was not charging. It came with only 1% battery

 

[Mibra]

I'm really sorry for you. My 512 13 came today. I come from an M1 and wow what a device. The display is incredibly good and the speed boost is also clearly noticeable. The first impression is outstanding in any case.

 

[Bryan Bowler]

Thanks ya’ll for the concern. Just got off the phone with Apple and they were sympathetic and helpful. They said all packages of value are now being shipped without any ability to change the delivery address or sign for release of liability. The package must be delivered to the address on the order and an adult must be present to sign for delivery. If you want a UPS Access Point, then it must be ordered that way ahead of time, however, they made an exception for me this time and will ship to my house with the option for me to sign ahead of time if someone will not be home.

They’ve started a new order for me and I should finally get my new iPad on Monday.

 

[mango316]

I'm really sorry for you. My 512 came today. I come from an M1 and wow what a device. The display is incredibly good and the speed boost is also clearly noticeable. The first impression is outstanding in any case.

Thanks for posting! Great speed you got there! Was this 11" or 13"?

 

[teh_hunterer]

I am on M1, not really considering upgrade. But would love to hear about what upgrades in M5 stand out compared to M1.

The upgrades that I personally noticed in general use are:

- the thinness and lightness are definitely noticeable. The M1 model feels old in the hands

- the screen is fantastic

- the screen is brighter. Now everyone knows the screen is brighter, but think about it this way: at 50% brightness the M5's screen is significantly brighter than the M1's screen at 50%. But it's still rated for 10 hours battery life at 50%. That means you get a brighter screen with the same battery life, or you can take the brightness down to 30% which will be as bright as the M1 at 50%, and get longer battery life

- the battery life is noticeably better. And my M1 was replaced by Apple Care less than a month ago so I am comparing to a new battery

- it runs significantly cooler. The M5 is so powerful that it barely has to break a sweat to do most things. If I load up something like Genshin or Honkai Star Rail, games I don't play but that serve as a good test, my M1 iPad Pro performs well but turns into a damn furnace. The M5 can run these games on max settings so easily that it's not even trying, and the iPad stays cold while playing these games. Of course, if the M5 is actually under load, there is no thermal advantage.

- the camera being positioned at the top in landscape is great for not having a weird angle during video calls, and perhaps even better is I no longer get the "camera is covered" errors when I'm trying to use faceID.

- the Magic Keyboard is so much nicer

- the Smart Folio actually has two places it magnetises to the iPad when you fold it into a triangle to stand up the iPad, giving you two different angles vs one on the M1

- charging is way, way faster. Both through the Magic Keyboard and through its own port

I think I've covered all the things that I actually felt in real usage. These are all luxuries, but luxuries are still nice and worth money to me.

Edit: more of a minor one but I noticed that despite it charging much faster, it also doesn't get as warm while charging. I wonder why that is.

 

[sparksd]

The upgrades that I personally noticed in general use are:

- the thinness and lightness are definitely noticeable. The M1 model feels old in the hands

- the screen is fantastic

- the screen is brighter. Now everyone knows the screen is brighter, but think about it this way: at 50% brightness the M5's screen is significantly brighter than the M1's screen at 50%. But it's still rated for 10 hours battery life at 50%. That means you get a brighter screen with the same battery life, or you can take the brightness down to 30% which will be as bright as the M1 at 50%, and get longer battery life

- the battery life is noticeably better. And my M1 was replaced by Apple Care less than a month ago so I am comparing to a new battery

- it runs significantly cooler. The M5 is so powerful that it barely has to break a sweat to do most things. If I load up something like Genshin or Honkai Star Rail, games I don't play but that serve as a good test, my M1 iPad Pro performs well but turns into a damn furnace. The M5 can run these games on max settings so easily that it's not even trying, and the iPad stays cold while playing these games. Of course, if the M5 is actually under load, there is no thermal advantage.

- the camera being positioned at the top in landscape is great for not having a weird angle during video calls, and perhaps even better is I no longer get the "camera is covered" errors when I'm trying to use faceID.

- the Magic Keyboard is so much nicer

- the Smart Folio actually has two places it magnetises to the iPad when you fold it into a triangle to stand up the iPad, giving you two different angles vs one on the M1

- charging is way, way faster. Both through the Magic Keyboard and through its own port

I think I've covered all the things that I actually felt in real usage. These are all luxuries, but luxuries are still nice and worth money to me.

I saw the same going from the M1 to the M4 - great experience, isn't it?

 

[vanilla_prison]

The upgrades that I personally noticed in general use are:

- the thinness and lightness are definitely noticeable. The M1 model feels old in the hands

- the screen is fantastic

- the screen is brighter. Now everyone knows the screen is brighter, but think about it this way: at 50% brightness the M5's screen is significantly brighter than the M1's screen at 50%. But it's still rated for 10 hours battery life at 50%. That means you get a brighter screen with the same battery life, or you can take the brightness down to 30% which will be as bright as the M1 at 50%, and get longer battery life

- the battery life is noticeably better. And my M1 was replaced by Apple Care less than a month ago so I am comparing to a new battery

- it runs significantly cooler. The M5 is so powerful that it barely has to break a sweat to do most things. If I load up something like Genshin or Honkai Star Rail, games I don't play but that serve as a good test, my M1 iPad Pro performs well but turns into a damn furnace. The M5 can run these games on max settings so easily that it's not even trying, and the iPad stays cold while playing these games. Of course, if the M5 is actually under load, there is no thermal advantage.

- the camera being positioned at the top in landscape is great for not having a weird angle during video calls, and perhaps even better is I no longer get the "camera is covered" errors when I'm trying to use faceID.

- the Magic Keyboard is so much nicer

- the Smart Folio actually has two places it magnetises to the iPad when you fold it into a triangle to stand up the iPad, giving you two different angles vs one on the M1

- charging is way, way faster. Both through the Magic Keyboard and through its own port

I think I've covered all the things that I actually felt in real usage. These are all luxuries, but luxuries are still nice and worth money to me.

The Smart Folio has two hard magnetic points, but actually holds it up at every place in between them. You have a ton of different angles you can put it

 

[Bryan Bowler]

I’m feel sorry for you … Yesterday I sent Back my iPad it worked 30min and died with blackscreen and no response. It was plugged to charger but it was not charging. It came with only 1% battery

Oh man, I feel really bad for you too. That is worse…getting a new one and then that happening. It’s unusual for sure, but sorry you’re having to deal with that and also wait for a new one. Hang in there!

 

[TechnoMonk]

The upgrades that I personally noticed in general use are:

- the thinness and lightness are definitely noticeable. The M1 model feels old in the hands

- the screen is fantastic

- the screen is brighter. Now everyone knows the screen is brighter, but think about it this way: at 50% brightness the M5's screen is significantly brighter than the M1's screen at 50%. But it's still rated for 10 hours battery life at 50%. That means you get a brighter screen with the same battery life, or you can take the brightness down to 30% which will be as bright as the M1 at 50%, and get longer battery life

- the battery life is noticeably better. And my M1 was replaced by Apple Care less than a month ago so I am comparing to a new battery

- it runs significantly cooler. The M5 is so powerful that it barely has to break a sweat to do most things. If I load up something like Genshin or Honkai Star Rail, games I don't play but that serve as a good test, my M1 iPad Pro performs well but turns into a damn furnace. The M5 can run these games on max settings so easily that it's not even trying, and the iPad stays cold while playing these games. Of course, if the M5 is actually under load, there is no thermal advantage.

- the camera being positioned at the top in landscape is great for not having a weird angle during video calls, and perhaps even better is I no longer get the "camera is covered" errors when I'm trying to use faceID.

- the Magic Keyboard is so much nicer

- the Smart Folio actually has two places it magnetises to the iPad when you fold it into a triangle to stand up the iPad, giving you two different angles vs one on the M1

- charging is way, way faster. Both through the Magic Keyboard and through its own port

I think I've covered all the things that I actually felt in real usage. These are all luxuries, but luxuries are still nice and worth money to me.

Edit: more of a minor one but I noticed that despite it charging much faster, it also doesn't get as warm while charging. I wonder why that is.

Battery and display and Ofcourse updated processor sounds like a big upgrade.

 

[Mibra]

Thanks for posting! Great speed you got there! Was this 11" or 13"?

It is a 13"